Reading: Umm..... We just finished Cowboys and Aliens (audio), didn't realize it was movie adaptation
Watching: Doctor Who, Season 4 (Netflix)
Playing: Goat Simulator (Steam)
Dear Reader,
About a month ago I was at work when one of my jackass coworkers said something completely inappropriate. Which is a daily occurrence as I work with a bunch of redneck good old boys, most of whom were born between 1940-50. For the most part they're decent human beings who are products of their times and therefore just ignorant.
On the particular day in question, Coworker A was adjusting his seat in a position that intruded into my space and Coworker B decided to say something along the lines of, 'Well why don't you make yourself comfortable and just get all the way between her legs.'
At first I was all...
Now it's just like...*
If you are anyone, but particularly if you are a man in his 70s, do not say this to a woman less than half your age. It's disgusting, guaranteed to be unwelcome, and if she's me, she will proceed to hand your ass to you in front of any other coworkers you've said this in front of. Loudly. And you will deserve it.
Now, I'm not unreasonable. I'm not even prudish, I think sex jokes are funny as hell and have listened to the one about Prune Tang half a dozen times now without complaint. I do have a problem with someone who isn't me inviting other people to do anything to me without my permission. I could have let something like, "Why don't you just crawl into her lap," slide because there's no immediate sexual connection, but the phrasing of "between her legs" is so loaded with connotations and the constant commentary about women in general by this particular group of coworkers is so pervasive that I could not allow this to pass without consequence.
And you know what. It made me angry that I even had to do it.
I was so angry for the entire day that I found myself taking it out on the road on the way home. So...
I went a little fast...
And got a speeding ticket.
So while my anger was righteous and a valid feeling to have, it does have almost immediate consequences. For instance, I now have less money to spend on My Boyfriend Gandalf... and our quest for adding games to my horde of Steam games during summer sale.
| However... I still picked up Goat Simulator. What, what, gettin' down with my baaa-aaad Capricorny self. |
| Progress, 26 June 2014. Roughly 98x110 stitches. PS: my camera sucks. |
*Thank you Cumberbatch and Neil deGrasse Tyson for having faces and expressions that so adequately express my feelings.


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